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B -- FIRE PROTECTION STUDY SOL 52SBNB5C8766 DUE 080195 POC Stacy Bostjanick (301) 975-5053, Phyllis Bower 17. DESCRIPTION: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis under the authority of 41 USC 253(C)(1). The supplies and services required by the Agency are available from only one responsible source and no other supplier will satisfy the needs of the Agency. It is anticipated to negotiate with the sole provider, Hughes Associates, Inc. 6770 Oak Hall Lane, Columbia MD for evaluation of data collected in support of the study regarding the trade-offs between active and passive fire protection strategies. The contractor shall provide an individual with an evidenced B.S. degree in Fire Protection Engineering or a related discipline from an accredited University and membership in the Society of Fire Protection Engineers. The contractor shall support the Government in the design of a document which will be used to focus the retrieval of detailed information on the performance and reliability of fire detection systems, and fire rated construction from a number of public and private databases. The document must be sufficiently clear that there is a reasonable expectation that data obtained from different sources can be merged to provide a consistent result. This will require that the type and form of the data contained in these databases as well as the eventual methods of analysis be considered. The contractor shall provide the resources needed to search the databases to which the project staff have been granted direct access and to extract the data needed to address the issued identified in the survey document. The contractor shall further coordinate with other groups who are extracting data from sources to which the project staff does not have direct access in order to facilitate the merger of the results. The contractor shall analyze the data collected in order to address the issues of operational reliability of fire protection systems in the most quantitative manner possible. The analysis shall further attempt to quantify the degree to which fire detection, fire suppression, and construction systems interact to address the objective of fire codes. The contractor shall support the Government in the writing, review, editing and production of the required Report to Congress detailing the results of this effort. The contractor shall assist in the development and presentation of talks and seminars on the project and the results obtained therefrom to appropriate audiences as requested by the Government. Interested offerors may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirements by submitting a capability statement. The capability statement must provide adequate information to allow evaluation of the personnel qualification and corporate experience in this area. All of the above must be provided for the Government to consider whether to open this requirement for competition. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all ''capability statements'' received within 45 days after the date of this publication in the Commerce Business Daily will be considered by the Government. A solicitation is not available. See Numbered Note 22. (0174)

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